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bush's war and george bush's wars and barack obama's wars but you know right or wrong george bush there was a certain kind of understanding this kind of purpose you know and it may have been weird and often wrong and destructive but there was this idea of like this is the purpose of american foreign policy or to make a rock believe you we want what we want them to believe we're going to make against them believe what we want them to believe here it's just kind of you're. just kind of stumbling from one place to another you know libya egypt syria with no kind of purpose no idea of what the strategic interest is and so it's kind of seen the same thing here because what is a benefit what's going to benefit america to send a bunch of cruise missiles to syria because of this chemical weapons use you know if you talk about a white wag the dog situation unfortunately we're in a we're in a period of american history where we don't need to wag the dog you know you have miley cyrus twerking the v.n.a. is no one's talking about syria on monday so the idea or whatever other scandals there are but t
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george bush was criticized a lot for optics. thank you very much, dana. thank you jim and barbara starr. >>> tomorrow secretary of state john kerry will be on cnn state of the union. that's sunday morning 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> in a move that surprised many d.c. pundits, the president made his case for military action and then said it's now up to congress. new great panel will dig into that. you don't want to miss them. it's going to be better on camera. >>> just ahead, the new york times website disappeared off the web for hours and a group of syrian hackers said they did it. could they take down more than just websites. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. see, i knew testosterone could affect sex drive, but not energy or even my mood. that's when i talked with my doctor. he gave me some blood tests... showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t have androgel 1.62% testosterone gel. the #1 prescribed topical testosterone replacement therapy increases testosterone when used daily. women and
george bush was criticized a lot for optics. thank you very much, dana. thank you jim and barbara starr. >>> tomorrow secretary of state john kerry will be on cnn state of the union. that's sunday morning 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> in a move that surprised many d.c. pundits, the president made his case for military action and then said it's now up to congress. new great panel will dig into that. you don't want to miss them. it's going to be better on camera....
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george bush was more popular in the arab world than you are right now. the truth? you're indecisive, unclear and if he canless foreign policy has literally run our relationship with that region into the ground. and here's the rub. you've been giving billions of our dollars to countries who not only give us nothing in return but who literally hate our guts. remember these scenes from last year? and that arab spring where you predicted good things were happening in the arab world? the dawn of democracy is coming? but how long are we supposed to wait for that dawn? and how many sleepless nights do we have to go through to get to it? ironically, it was your administration that threw egyptian president hosni mubarak under the bus in spite of the fact that all had been stable and secular during his three decades of his rule. and then you praised the speedy so-called democratic election of president morsi of the muslim brotherhood who then proceeded to suspend the constitution, institute shari'a law and tolerate if not approve of the victimization of christians. and then
george bush was more popular in the arab world than you are right now. the truth? you're indecisive, unclear and if he canless foreign policy has literally run our relationship with that region into the ground. and here's the rub. you've been giving billions of our dollars to countries who not only give us nothing in return but who literally hate our guts. remember these scenes from last year? and that arab spring where you predicted good things were happening in the arab world? the dawn of...
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poppy bush, george h.w. bush re-declared the war on drugs and arrest numbers related to pot shot through the roof. all the policy changes went in the same direction. more draconian laws. more enforcement. more people arrested. more people in jail. longer sentences. democrats were not much help. president bill clinton advised by the u.s. sentencing commission there was no reason for these to be these hugely increased penalties for the crack kind of cocaine as compared to the powdered kind of cocaine. but he rejected that recommendation and decided to keep the draconian sentencing in place for crack. now, of course, over all these years and all of these presidents and re-declarations of war, there's been no real effect on american drug use. there has just been a vast expansion of the criminal justice system. criminal justice system at its least effective and most intrusive. and it has never seemed like it would ever get any better. if you are 40 years old, say, then your life has spanned the drug war. all of y
poppy bush, george h.w. bush re-declared the war on drugs and arrest numbers related to pot shot through the roof. all the policy changes went in the same direction. more draconian laws. more enforcement. more people arrested. more people in jail. longer sentences. democrats were not much help. president bill clinton advised by the u.s. sentencing commission there was no reason for these to be these hugely increased penalties for the crack kind of cocaine as compared to the powdered kind of...
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>>> heart scare, how did a man as fit as former president george w. bush end up in surgery? and trapped a terrifying day for superstar usher, his son caught under water by the powerful suction of the underwater swimming pool drain. >> my nephew was in the pool and he went and i couldn't get him. >> a warning for everyone in the summer season. >>> and a good evening to all of you. we begin with that worldwide terror alert. tonight america taking new action. the u.s. military evacuated americans out of the embassy in yemen and they are intensifying the hunt for the leaders of the terror plot. so does this mean the risk has increased tonight? abc's chief foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz tells us what is happening right now. >> reporter: today a u.s. navy reconnaissance plane circled yemen's capital, scouring the streets and alley ways below searching for terrorist operatives behind a plan u.s. intelligence believes involves a strike on the u.s. embassy or other western targets with explosive trucks. craig, a freelance journalist in the city described the eyes in the
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when george bush involved us and the supposedly illegal wars in iraq and afghanistan, trampling the constitution as we heard incessantly from democrats, he sought and got in the afghan war and in the iraq war a debate in congress and a vote of authorization. and now what we're hearing from the democrats with utter shameless hypocrisy, this administration is not required to do it. look, the main question that boehner was asking is, is all of this to send a message, to which i would say if you want to send a message, call western union. you don't use tomahawk missiles and engage in war. war is a serious thing. that's why it should be debated in the congress. >> the bush administration also had a united nations resolution as well. juan? >> i think it is very important to say for all of the verbiage we just saw from speaker boehner, speaker boehner, you know, senate majority reid, neither is calling for vote or asking for this to happen. all that you read off, there was no request for speaker boehner for an actual vote. if you can imagine a debate in congress over u.s. military action, you understan
when george bush involved us and the supposedly illegal wars in iraq and afghanistan, trampling the constitution as we heard incessantly from democrats, he sought and got in the afghan war and in the iraq war a debate in congress and a vote of authorization. and now what we're hearing from the democrats with utter shameless hypocrisy, this administration is not required to do it. look, the main question that boehner was asking is, is all of this to send a message, to which i would say if you...
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let's take a look at george bush. you're talking about. here is george bush talking about this from the golf course the other day about this whole thing about whether we go to war or not, take an act of war against assad in syrah. >> the president has a tough choice to make. and if he decides to use our military, the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. leallele he is an ally of iran and has made mischief. >> that was the common sense george bush i liked years ago. i wish he we had that years ago. we don't like the guy. he has bad friends. >> he is trying not to get in obama's way and not to play a role in this. i was funny was elite level trolling by donald rumsfeld. he said the president hasn't made the case for war, which just set off people on the left, right and center all over the place. when you have donald rumsfeld questioning your intelligence and your case for going to war in the middle east, i mean, i think that's trolling on a level. >> they all belong where they are with the american enterprise
let's take a look at george bush. you're talking about. here is george bush talking about this from the golf course the other day about this whole thing about whether we go to war or not, take an act of war against assad in syrah. >> the president has a tough choice to make. and if he decides to use our military, the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. leallele he is an ally of iran and has made mischief. >> that was the common sense george bush i...
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george bush partially declassified it. i learned to my extreme dismaying in the first 3.5 years presidentogram, the had used his article to the program,o run rather than the provisions of fica, which congress enacted in 1978, the foreign intelligence surveillance act was passed in 1978 in response to the abuses of the nixon administration and the recommendation of the church commission. astead of a careful system of fisa court, an intelligence committee on the hill was set up then to monitor these applications. it worked very well in my view through 2000 -- three 2001. congress after that pulled it back. strongly that may the amount of metadata is excessive. i am sure my buddy thinks this. that ought to be debated. maybe the program should be narrowed. there has been robust oversight over the years. >> i want to be clear on this. who can accesses data and for what purposes? >> i think it was a letter that went to the hill yesterday. iners were sent to congress 2009. speak to any individual member of congress that is curren
george bush partially declassified it. i learned to my extreme dismaying in the first 3.5 years presidentogram, the had used his article to the program,o run rather than the provisions of fica, which congress enacted in 1978, the foreign intelligence surveillance act was passed in 1978 in response to the abuses of the nixon administration and the recommendation of the church commission. astead of a careful system of fisa court, an intelligence committee on the hill was set up then to monitor...
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it means jail for all of the people who lied to take us to war i mean george w. bush dick cheney donald rumsfeld colin powell everyone in the bush administration all of the media c.e.o.'s who propagated all of the lies all of the military commanders who lied and sent us to war knowing that the reasons were fabricated they need to be held responsible not just for the deaths of thousands of u.s. soldiers in the catastrophe created for u.s. soldiers but the complete catastrophe for millions of iraqis over a million who have died become refugees wounded and of course we can't talk about p.t.s.d. for u.s. soldiers without acknowledging that p.t.s.d. for an entire generation of iraqis is a real reality millions and millions of people whose lives have been destroyed and so people want justice for all of these war criminals and people are fighting to win justice and an organization we are forward is working to help get this justice and also help that's opt out thank you so much mike prize iraq war veteran and co-founder of march forward. so guys as you know this week mar
it means jail for all of the people who lied to take us to war i mean george w. bush dick cheney donald rumsfeld colin powell everyone in the bush administration all of the media c.e.o.'s who propagated all of the lies all of the military commanders who lied and sent us to war knowing that the reasons were fabricated they need to be held responsible not just for the deaths of thousands of u.s. soldiers in the catastrophe created for u.s. soldiers but the complete catastrophe for millions of...
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articles of impeachment against george bush and dick cheney when you look at things like nixon being ousted for wiretapping clinton being ousted for an affair how is it that these two men could not be held accountable for initiating an illegal war based on known lies well i think we have to place. the responsibility for that on the shoulders of democratic leadership. because we could have moved forward with impeachment but the democratic. but today that war was based on lies so then should not since the catastrophe of the war resulted in thousands of americans being killed tens of thousands injured maybe a million of innocent iraqis died perhaps damaged in the hundreds of billions of dollars to iraq should there be some kind of bill and so what i've called for is a process of truth and reconciliation like south africa had many years ago where leaders are required to come forward and state their role in the decision making process and if they lie then they're subject to perjury charges we need to clear the air in america we need the truth and it's every since everyone knows it was bas
articles of impeachment against george bush and dick cheney when you look at things like nixon being ousted for wiretapping clinton being ousted for an affair how is it that these two men could not be held accountable for initiating an illegal war based on known lies well i think we have to place. the responsibility for that on the shoulders of democratic leadership. because we could have moved forward with impeachment but the democratic. but today that war was based on lies so then should not...
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today former president george bush said hey, good luck with that. let me know how that works out. i'd be curious, yes, yes. >> wow. welcome to the sideshow that was jay leno last night on the topic making headlines today, syria. well, "the tonight show" certainly hasn't shied away from us policy lately, foreign or domestic. here he was on the irs' reversal on same-sex marriage. >> now the irs announced for first time it will treat same-sex marriages the same as heterosexual ones. that shows how far we have come, when gay couples can be screwed by the irs just the same as straight couples. yes, yes. yes. >> wow. well, i guess there are two sides to every coin. >>> finally, the nixon tapes released last week are a treasure trove of material for historians. i actually listened to the last conversation the former president had on tape before the recording system was shut down, removed from the white house in july of '73. classic nixon here. here he is speaking with his secretary, rosemary woods, just before leaving for hospital with a bad case of pneumonia. these were the final words
today former president george bush said hey, good luck with that. let me know how that works out. i'd be curious, yes, yes. >> wow. welcome to the sideshow that was jay leno last night on the topic making headlines today, syria. well, "the tonight show" certainly hasn't shied away from us policy lately, foreign or domestic. here he was on the irs' reversal on same-sex marriage. >> now the irs announced for first time it will treat same-sex marriages the same as...
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ation law that was granted to george w. bush just days after nine eleven but at the same time in the same speech. managed to provide a counter argument to his own point let's listen to what he had to say. unless we discipline our thinking our definitions our actions we may be drawn into more wars we don't need to fight. now obviously i think both the current administration and obama in particular had plenty of opportunity to discipline the self-restraint themselves but of course this challenge was missed on both libya and syria as you argued before well actually you know when he said we are fighting a legitimate war it is not a legitimate war it is illegitimate war simply because other people are killed and we talked about of them. is very weak and of going to send it's not as wrong as it used to be when the taleban fighting the american troops there are five foreign invasion there are fighting for and if you pinches but to use the example in order to kill people without any mandate from united nations or from the internati
ation law that was granted to george w. bush just days after nine eleven but at the same time in the same speech. managed to provide a counter argument to his own point let's listen to what he had to say. unless we discipline our thinking our definitions our actions we may be drawn into more wars we don't need to fight. now obviously i think both the current administration and obama in particular had plenty of opportunity to discipline the self-restraint themselves but of course this challenge...
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and when you make fun of george bush, when people made fun of george bush, it was about his intelligence or what have you. when you make fun of president obama, and sure we're not saying that you can't criticize -- no one can criticize the president, or that every criticism against the president is racist or racial. but when you do what the rodeo clown did and what they did at that event, there's a whole other historical context that must be paid attention to. and that must be taken into account. >> i'll make it easy for you. if you play with the lips and put a broom up its butt, you got a problem. >> exactly. >> thank you. fellowship. thank you, jonathan capehart. up next, another woman has accused san diego's mayor of unwanted sexual advances. the 16th woman to do so and she joins us next. this is "hardball," the place for politics. this man is about to be the millionth customer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him and win fifty thousand dollars. congratulations you are our one millionth customer. nobody likes to miss out. that's why ally treats
and when you make fun of george bush, when people made fun of george bush, it was about his intelligence or what have you. when you make fun of president obama, and sure we're not saying that you can't criticize -- no one can criticize the president, or that every criticism against the president is racist or racial. but when you do what the rodeo clown did and what they did at that event, there's a whole other historical context that must be paid attention to. and that must be taken into...
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during this eight years, george bush held 40 such events, despite welcoming the array of champs mr. obama never forgets his personal loyalties. he attend ed the 2010 opening day for the washington nationals and donned a white sox cap to throw out the first pitch, more lob than fastball. >> even though the team he is honoring isn't from chicago, even if he beat chicago, president is not shy about mentioning that he wasn't on rooting for the team that won; that he was rooting for his hometown teams. >> at today's celebration of the miami dolphins, the president had to make a painful acknowledgment about his beloved "chicago" bears. >> i hosted the bears in the south lawn. they missed their chance to have a visit and i called them the greatest team ever but i mean, take it with a grain of salt. [laughter] >> of course american presidents have a long tradition of paying attention to sports. news hour political editor christina belatoni. >> george bush was part owner in the texas rangers franchise and he would be seen going to the game and talk about the game. it goes back further than t
during this eight years, george bush held 40 such events, despite welcoming the array of champs mr. obama never forgets his personal loyalties. he attend ed the 2010 opening day for the washington nationals and donned a white sox cap to throw out the first pitch, more lob than fastball. >> even though the team he is honoring isn't from chicago, even if he beat chicago, president is not shy about mentioning that he wasn't on rooting for the team that won; that he was rooting for his...
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. >>> coming up, the ghost of george w. bush. chronic lies and deceptions of the bush administration in iraq have undermined the case for action in syria. don't you think? as one british member of parliament put it, the well has been poisoned. too many crying wolf out there. >>> also the obama/clinton alliance. bill clinton is making a big speech next week at his library pushing the affordable care act. who is the big dog trying to help? the current president or possible future one? >>> plus, segregation laws are a thing of the past. yeah. but we have often self-segregated ourselves into black neighborhoods and white neighborhoods. tonight, the challenges and culture shock for the african-american youngster when he leaves his neighborhood for college. >>> finally, let me finish with the usual suspects pushing this war in syria. and this is "hardball." the place for politics. i think farmers care more about the land than probably anyone else. we've had this farm for 30 years. we raise black and red angus cattle. we also produce na
. >>> coming up, the ghost of george w. bush. chronic lies and deceptions of the bush administration in iraq have undermined the case for action in syria. don't you think? as one british member of parliament put it, the well has been poisoned. too many crying wolf out there. >>> also the obama/clinton alliance. bill clinton is making a big speech next week at his library pushing the affordable care act. who is the big dog trying to help? the current president or possible...
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bush was unilateral without a you couldand now argue obama has less of a coalition than bush did. bush didn't get the u.n. he was forced, but did get a u.n. resolution saddam hussein was out of compliance with u.n. he hads and bush argued a right to go and he also got permission from congress with and hillary clinton voting for him. it doesn't look like barack congress. wait for >> i think this is a case where the administration seems to have decided this is going to be on willing to do it, not only for the region itself region,allies in the but also for the case of iran which is one where the united states the which has said ryan braun -- not be permitted to have a nuclear weapon, the thatistration is conscious if we don't act, the president having elevated that red line, they're going to conclude -- >> conclude -- gwen: that word credibility runs through this whole thing which what we say oro no one will believe us. >> kerry brought that up explicitly. gwen: and also kerry talked about the american public exhaustion with this. bit moreten a little on what he had to say today abo
bush was unilateral without a you couldand now argue obama has less of a coalition than bush did. bush didn't get the u.n. he was forced, but did get a u.n. resolution saddam hussein was out of compliance with u.n. he hads and bush argued a right to go and he also got permission from congress with and hillary clinton voting for him. it doesn't look like barack congress. wait for >> i think this is a case where the administration seems to have decided this is going to be on willing to do...
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instead of blaming george bush for our societal ills and challenges, instead of blaming george bush for this economy, now he is blaming the american way of life. our economic system. and the way we do business in this country. >> bill: he really believes that the federal government can somehow lift the underclass up. and i'm going how? how? >> i think there is -- there are a number of ways to begin. you identified one. and that is this president stands in that bully pulpit and he says to everyone who will listen. please: do not become a parent, do not engage in activity that results in a single parent household. and does so with great vigor, great energy. >> bill: that would be a tremendous start but is he never going to do it it. >> the second thing he may not do is say to the national chamber of commerce which is so occupied right now with a host of other issues, whether it be international trade, illegal immigration, say to them in your local chapters of the chamber, start working with local business, bring those kids in high school all the way through the system. work together with
instead of blaming george bush for our societal ills and challenges, instead of blaming george bush for this economy, now he is blaming the american way of life. our economic system. and the way we do business in this country. >> bill: he really believes that the federal government can somehow lift the underclass up. and i'm going how? how? >> i think there is -- there are a number of ways to begin. you identified one. and that is this president stands in that bully pulpit and he...
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bush jay bybee and john allen sounds like a lot of the right that's not really george bush did not far as i slow the world. looking pretty docile in the field that while you won't find it here if you're looking for a relevant stories unique perspective sometimes my scans are. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so long. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a dollar. i'm sorry i'm just a guy who cares an awful lot of money. are through you know what that is my theory sells they all want to give us a defeat terrorism the olympics and the chris jones. you're going to go to the. you know the super committee of distract us from what you and i should care about because they're profit driven industry that sells of sensationalistic garbage he calls it breaking news i'm happy martin and we're going to break this that it's . all a
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kelly: want to update you on former president george w. bush. doctors discovering a blockage in an artery during his annual physical on monday. this morning the 67-year-old former president had a stent inserted in the artery to open that blockage. he is now resting comfortly, we might add, and is expected to be discharged tomorrow. the former president has no previous history of heart trouble. jenna: well, right now verdict watch is on for the whitey bulger case as the jury begins deliberating the fate of the accused boston mobster. this after weeks of dramatic testimony from gangsters, the fbi and relatives of the murder victims. bulger stands accused of participating in 19 murders during what prosecutors call his reign of terror, that was during the 1970s and 1980s when he was the leader of the so-called winter hill gang. molly line is live in boston with more on this. >> reporter: jenna, the deliberations are underway. the judge spent about an hour and 45 minutes giving her final instructions to the jury this morning. the judge telling them y
kelly: want to update you on former president george w. bush. doctors discovering a blockage in an artery during his annual physical on monday. this morning the 67-year-old former president had a stent inserted in the artery to open that blockage. he is now resting comfortly, we might add, and is expected to be discharged tomorrow. the former president has no previous history of heart trouble. jenna: well, right now verdict watch is on for the whitey bulger case as the jury begins deliberating...
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bush which was real bad with his base. >> what i worry about -- >> he's worse than george bush that need to be clear. >> worse in what way >> on the surveillance program. >> worse meaning tough center >> tougher in the sense he's being covert, not being transparent. as a senator he actually was very critical of the provision in the patriot act which actually allows for the government, makes it legal for the government to actually collect information on american citizens. and i think, you know, this was again all about restoring public faith. to your point it was rallying his base and trying to say it wasn't as bad as these disclosures. you saw the dea, intercepting and funneling intelligence and covering it up in phoney investigations. obama is realizing he's going to lose support on this issue. >> i'll ask before we move on to different parts of this press conference but i want to ask you he, of course, he said that snowden is not a patriot. that's really all he said. he didn't have any nasty things to say about snowden and i thought that was very interesting. >> obama totally vind
bush which was real bad with his base. >> what i worry about -- >> he's worse than george bush that need to be clear. >> worse in what way >> on the surveillance program. >> worse meaning tough center >> tougher in the sense he's being covert, not being transparent. as a senator he actually was very critical of the provision in the patriot act which actually allows for the government, makes it legal for the government to actually collect information on...
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george bush did. and what he should have done right after he drew his red line, nothing wrong with that, is he failed to follow up with our allies. he failed to follow up politically. he is now caught as a consequence of what transpired a week ago. >> one of the problems is the fact this president is am bif blent taking the action. you can hear it in the statement yesterday. on the one hand you will say we need to fire a shot across the bow which is hardly a ringing call to action. next minute he will say it is limited. no boots on the ground. no regime change. he is -- ambivalent. interesting to see what he says to that. >> stand by. we will pause and bring in our fox news stations. >> this is fox news breaking coverage of the president's speech on the situation in syria. we are live in washington. president obama set to make a statement from the rose garden on the crisis in syria. officials have said that there is evidence that syrian government and president al assad used chemical weapons on its ci
george bush did. and what he should have done right after he drew his red line, nothing wrong with that, is he failed to follow up with our allies. he failed to follow up politically. he is now caught as a consequence of what transpired a week ago. >> one of the problems is the fact this president is am bif blent taking the action. you can hear it in the statement yesterday. on the one hand you will say we need to fire a shot across the bow which is hardly a ringing call to action. next...
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bush why do you think the media did this to you i think the media just looks for good stories and this was this was an interesting story nobody wrote about this who was in the hall of the time because there was so much noise that it didn't seem reasonable what what when the cable stations got it what happened is the mike was plugged directly into the cable without any crowd noise so it was i suppose it's the television version of taking it out of context it's not why i lost i lost because i was supposed to win iowa and i came in third and it is the legacy of the campaign which was the renovation of the democratic party is to stand up for something on the internet introduction of high tech and do presidential campaigning so you don't get a do with the fact that you are you know you're anti iraq war a little bit more radical than your democratic no i think the media had it in for me or this dalgleish. well i think the establishment may have but i think the media always has it in for the front runner. i mean that's what that's why this why hillary had a hard time in two thousand and eight
bush why do you think the media did this to you i think the media just looks for good stories and this was this was an interesting story nobody wrote about this who was in the hall of the time because there was so much noise that it didn't seem reasonable what what when the cable stations got it what happened is the mike was plugged directly into the cable without any crowd noise so it was i suppose it's the television version of taking it out of context it's not why i lost i lost because i was...
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president george w. bush was hounded by the press over these questions. if he had to answer, so should barack obama. here in stud quo is fox news channel's own colonel oliver north. his new book out in paperback today. >> it is a must read for barack obama. he needs to read this one. it's about a president who forgets about 9/11. guess what's three weeks away? >> my concern is, first of all, this has been going on for 30 months. 100,000 killed. >> over 100,000 dead. over 250,000 wounded. 2.3 million people in refugee camps along the turkish, syrian border. now flowing into iraq. it's an unmitigated disaster that the consequence of this administration's naive approach that all you need is an election in a country that's never had democratic traditions, no institutions and this so-called arab spring. every single country that's experienced this from tunisia in the west to syria in the east, people are worse off than they were before. that includes egypt, the most populous arab country. it's a disaster. >> they have telegraphed that it would be brief and lim
president george w. bush was hounded by the press over these questions. if he had to answer, so should barack obama. here in stud quo is fox news channel's own colonel oliver north. his new book out in paperback today. >> it is a must read for barack obama. he needs to read this one. it's about a president who forgets about 9/11. guess what's three weeks away? >> my concern is, first of all, this has been going on for 30 months. 100,000 killed. >> over 100,000 dead. over...
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in my view, many people in this country, and i fear also your own, tony blare, helped george bush to drive drunk and if it was up to me, i was was in both iraq wars a disastrous invasion of iraq. the problem with this is what is your end point. outrage at the atrocious behavior of the asaad rah jet stream. outrage is not a strategy. >> and there you go. one reason why members of parliament today seeing no end in site to this. now some poll numbers to keep in mind. 2-1 against military action in syria. and here at home the most recent poll taken the week of the chemical attack that was last week, shows that only 25% of americans would support military strikes. >> that's a pretty significant number. on the subject of popular support, there is reason for president obama to tread cautiously here as well. joining us from seattle, is the washington state congressman, he is one of 21 democratic representatives who have asked mr. obama to get congressional approval if he does decide to go forward. congressman, i want to ask you about that motion of popular support, and whether it is there. y
in my view, many people in this country, and i fear also your own, tony blare, helped george bush to drive drunk and if it was up to me, i was was in both iraq wars a disastrous invasion of iraq. the problem with this is what is your end point. outrage at the atrocious behavior of the asaad rah jet stream. outrage is not a strategy. >> and there you go. one reason why members of parliament today seeing no end in site to this. now some poll numbers to keep in mind. 2-1 against military...
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about ten years ago george w. bush really wanted to topple hussein. barack obama does not want to topple assad because they're very worried if they do there will be a vacuum of power in syria and it will become a failed state and al qaeda could take over. they're really not trying to get assad out. >> tell us about the point you make about limited engagement. we heard that before. we heard it from president bush. we're hearing it where we expect the president will say this is a very limited situation. >> remember back at that time george w. bush mustered 130,000 troops by the time he made that speech to the american public. in this case you've got maybe five slips off the coast of syria. you have no boots on the ground and it really is an operation that experts expect will last two or three days and twhants it to they want it to be done by the time the president leaves next week. there's always the risk if he uses chemical weapons again, we're going to find ourselves right back where we are now trying to prevent him from killing his own people. >> we
about ten years ago george w. bush really wanted to topple hussein. barack obama does not want to topple assad because they're very worried if they do there will be a vacuum of power in syria and it will become a failed state and al qaeda could take over. they're really not trying to get assad out. >> tell us about the point you make about limited engagement. we heard that before. we heard it from president bush. we're hearing it where we expect the president will say this is a very...